Buddy Sandboxes vs Bunny Sandbox

Buddy Sandboxes costs $0.0144 per vCPU-hour and Bunny Sandbox costs $0.02 per vCPU-hour. Buddy Sandboxes runs full VMs and has no session limit. Bunny Sandbox runs gVisor and has no session limit.

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Buddy Sandboxes

Isolation
Full VM
Free tier
$1 of usage credit every month
Max session
No limit

Bunny Sandbox

Isolation
gVisor
Free tier
Not listed
Max session
No limit

What is different

9 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

Buddy Sandboxes
Bunny Sandbox
vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Bunny Sandbox: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Bunny Sandbox: $0.005
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.10 per GB per month on the allocated 10 GB
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Bunny Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Bunny Sandbox: Active CPU time only
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Bunny Sandbox: gVisor
SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Bunny Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Bunny Sandbox: Claude Code

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Bunny Sandbox: $0.02
RAM, per GiB-hour
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.0144
Bunny Sandbox: $0.005
Storage
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.00011 per GiB-hour
Bunny Sandbox: $0.10 per GB per month on the allocated 10 GB
Free tier
Buddy Sandboxes: $1 of usage credit every month
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Paid plan from
Buddy Sandboxes: $29 / month
Bunny Sandbox: Pay as you go
Billing
Buddy Sandboxes: Per second
Bunny Sandbox: Active CPU time only

Limits

Max session
Buddy Sandboxes: No limit
Bunny Sandbox: No limit
Idle stop
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Largest sandbox
Buddy Sandboxes: 12 vCPU · 24 GiB
Bunny Sandbox: 8 vCPU · 32 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
Buddy Sandboxes: Full VM
Bunny Sandbox: gVisor
GPU
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Snapshots
Buddy Sandboxes:
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
Pause and resume
Buddy Sandboxes:
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed

Developer

SDKs
Buddy Sandboxes: TypeScript
Bunny Sandbox: JavaScript / TypeScript
Integrations
Buddy Sandboxes: MCP, Claude Code
Bunny Sandbox: Claude Code

Trust

License
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed
BYOC
Buddy Sandboxes: Not listed
Bunny Sandbox: Not listed

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

Buddy Sandboxes
Bunny Sandbox
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.043
Bunny Sandbox: $0.030
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.086
Bunny Sandbox: $0.060
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
Buddy Sandboxes: $0.173
Bunny Sandbox: $0.120

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Buddy Sandboxes fits when

  • You want each sandbox to be a full VM.
  • You use MCP.
  • You need snapshots.
  • You need pause and resume.

Bunny Sandbox fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You want the lower list price: $0.060 against $0.086 an hour for 2 vCPU and 4 GiB.
  • Your code waits a lot: CPU is billed only while it is in use.
  • You need ISO 27001.

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